Gentlemen” said he, "I take pains to preach In churches with a lofty, resonant voice, Regular as a bell I ring it out, For everything I say I have by heart: My text’s the same one as it always was . . .”
It seems that you have missed to include the question for this excerpt so I had to look for it. Anyway, here is the answer. The statement that best describes how the Pardoner is characterized in this passage is that, he is confident and suave performer. Hope this helps.
